Description

In the last week of each month, users are allowed to express their feelings and to start to give some points for other friends. Based on these points a predefined task (which runs on the first day of each month) will build a top and assign rewards. As rewards, we have integration with NewPoints.

List of Features

• Collaborative environment. The top is based on multiple user votes.
  
• Setting for specifying user groups allowed to express their vote.
  
• Each vote is totally private.
  
• The ability to announce winners through a public thread. The thread is published automatically each month.
  
• Setting for specifying a validation limit. You have the ability to set a percentage of users who must voted in a month to validate the result.
  
• The ability to keep history of winners in time and to give them bonuses based on this.
  
• Integration with NewPoints plugin developed by Pirata Nervo.
  
• Support for adding your own language.
  
• Performance was increased by using caching mechanisms for obtaining data.
  

How to Install
The following steps are required to be able to install this product:

• Upload the entire content of the directory 'Upload' on your server. When you upload the files, you need to keep the structure suggested.
  
• Go to page: Admin Control Panel > Configuration > Plugins and continue by installing and activating 'Member of the Month' plugin.
  
• If the installation process is marked as done, you can continue by changing plugin behavior using: Admin Control Panel > Configuration > Settings > Member of the Month settings.
  
• Thanks for using it.
  

How It Works
Bonus Factor
July (current month) - User U obtained 2nd place in the top
June (from history) – User U obtained 3rd place in the top
May (from history) – User U no prize obtained
April (from history) – User U obtained 1st place in the top
In this case, the bonus factor will be calculated as:
BF = 1 [for July as current month] + (1 / (1 + 3 [the place obtained])) [for June] + 0 [for May]
BF = 1 + ¼  = 1.25
 
July (current month) – User J obtained 1st place
June (from history) – User J obtained 3rd place
May (from history) – User J obtained 1st place
April (from history) – User J obtained 1st place
March (from history) – User J obtained 3st place
In this case, the bonus factor will be calculated as:
BF = 1 [for July as current month] + (1 / (1 + 3 [the place obtained])) [for June] + (1 / (1 + 1 [the place obtained])) [for May]
BF = 1 + ¼ + ½ =1.75
If integration with NewPoints is enabled and the 1st place should receive 100 points, then the number of points received in this case will be 175 (100 x 1.75).

Report an issue or submit a suggestion
If you want to report an issue or submit a suggestion related with current plugin you can do it by posting a new thread here. Thank you!